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Em 17 de março de 2019 o Google prestou uma homenagem à implantação dos primeiros “blocos tenji” por meio de um Google Doodle. Nessa reportagem de Jackson Ryan aprendemos que a sinalização tátil no piso ou, simplesmente, piso tátil é uma invenção do japonês Seiichi Miyake para ajudar um amigo próximo que estava perdendo a visão. Em inglês, essa reportagem usa os seguintes nomes: tactile paving slab (algo como placa de calçamento tátil) e tenji block (algo como bloco tenji).

Ryan informa que Miyake inventou os blocos tenji em 1965 e que eles foram implantados pela primeira vez na cidade de Okayama em 18 de março de 1967 junto a uma escola para pessoas cegas. O design original de Miyake teria sido instalado em todas as plataformas da Japan Railway nos anos 1970.

RYAN, J. (2019): RYAN, Jackson. Google Doodle pays tribute to Japanese inventor Seiichi Miyake – His invention, the tenji block, changed the way the visually impaired interact with the world. CNET, march 17, 2019. Disponível em: internet. Acesso em: 21 mar. 2019.

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When Seiichi Miyake found out a close friend was losing the ability to see clearly, he wanted to help. That desire led to an entirely new way for the visually impaired to navigate big cities, railways and parks.

In 1965, Miyake invented the tactile paving slab (or “tenji block” in Japan) with his own money. Monday’s Google Doodle celebrates the introduction of the block 52 years ago.

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The tenji blocks were first installed in the Japanese city of Okayama on March 18, 1967, next to a school for the blind, and they would go on to revolutionize the way the visually impaired interact with the world, making it safer and easier to get around public spaces independently.

Miyake’s original design, which was installed in all Japan Railway platforms in the 1970s and rapidly found its way to cities across the globe, featured two tactile patterns that people with visual impairments can detect with a cane or through their feet — providing cues on which way they should head.

One pattern features a series of raised lines that indicate “forward”. The second design is commonly referred to as the “truncated domes” pattern, a series of small bumps that act as a “stop” sign — typically at the edge of a train platform or before a motorway.

A number of different patterns have been designed since, with smaller raised dots or more pill-shaped bumps signifying different directional cues. For instance, when the raised lines are horizontal in the direction of travel, that might mean “look out for steps ahead”.

All of those cues, which many may not even notice as they wander through a city, are incredibly important for those with limited vision.

fotografia com a legenda: Subway tracks in New York with the yellow tenji tiles. Keith Getter/Getty Images

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